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Why Court stopped coronation of new Ayangburen of Ikorodu

Why Court stopped coronation of new Ayangburen of Ikorodu By Abdulwahab Abdulah & Bartholomew Madukwe Justice Olabisi  Ogungbesan of an Ikeja High Court yesterday put on hold  the ongoing coronation ceremony of the Ayangburen of Ikorodu Kingdom, Oba Kabiru Shotebi [...]

August 15, 2015 What the papers say

We’re ready to partner with you, Buratai tells DSS

Burati, Chief of Army Staff – We’re ready to partner with you, Buratai tells DSS By Kingsley Omonobi Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has reaffirmed the Nigerian Army’s commitment and determination to carry out its constitutional roles [...]

August 15, 2015 What the papers say

Rivers gov poll: Tribunal determines Peterside’s fate Monday

Rivers gov poll: Tribunal determines Peterside’s fate Monday By  Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, yesterday, slated Monday to decide whether or not to dismiss  the petition that was filed against Governor Nyesom Wike by [...]

August 15, 2015 What the papers say
Adamawa not using N200m for prayers against Boko Haram

Adamawa not using N200m for prayers against Boko Haram – Govt

By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor Adamawa State Governor, has said that he was not  using N200 million to mobilise prayer warriors against Boko Haram insurgents.  Rather, the government says it is using the amount to strengthen existing community surveillance and [...]

August 15, 2015 Government and politics

Three steps to keep you younger than your age

Triangle (1) Technique: Triangle (1) Assume a wide stance and turning the trunk to the left; turn the right foot to right and the left foot at 90 degrees. Place the palms together and bend the left leg to waist [...]

August 15, 2015 What the papers say

Buhari’s search for saints as ministers will fail – Senator Urhoghide

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor & Gabriel EnogholaseThe jury is still out on whether  Matthew Urhoghide has finished paying for his sins of radicalism. After years of unionist struggle that climaxed with his election as president of the Students Union [...]

August 15, 2015 What the papers say
President Jonathan's 2013 Easter Message to the Nation

President Jonathan’s 2013 Easter Message to the Nation

President Goodluck Jonathan’s Easter Message to the nation. Dear Compatriots, [covertplayersinglevideo trvideoid=”S9xMxkNROto” trdisplaytype=”2″ trnumbervideosdisplay=”” trvideoperpage=”36″ trthumbnailwidth=”155″ trthumbnailheight=”100″ trpopupwidth=”500″ trpopupheight=”350″ trvideoalign=”left” trytautohide=”0″ trytautoplay=”0″ trytcontrols=”0″ trytrelvideo=”0″ trytshowlogo=”1″ trytshowtitle=”0″ tryttheme=”dark” trythighquality=”0″]I greet and felicitate with you all as we celebrate Easter which commemorates [...]

August 15, 2015 Government and politics
She Was Taking Photos Of The Homeless

She Was Taking Photos Of The Homeless To Find Her Poor Father Among Them One Day

Diana Kim learned photography from her father, with whom she had a really close relationship in her childhood. However, as it regrettably often happens in life, after her parents had divorced, she completely lost the connection with her beloved dad, [...]

August 14, 2015 General, Video
Boko Haram Warnings to Schools

Keep Away From Schools Or Risk Attack – BOKO Haram to Teachers.

BOKO Haram to Teachers – Schools in Maidguri, Borno state capital in the past few weeks have been targets of members of the Islamic Terror group, Boko Haram, a development which forced many wards and teachers alike to stay away from the classrooms. [...]

August 14, 2015 Strife and sectarian violence
For Staring At His Wife's Butt Watch What President Mugabe Did To Aide

For Staring At His Wife’s Butt Watch What President Mugabe Did To Aide

The president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, has allegedly fired his chief of defence forces.     If the tweets by Alex Tackie and a few others are anything to go by, President Mugabe allegedly fired his chief of defence forces, seen seated next [...]

August 14, 2015 Africa, Video
Live Update Of the Burial Of Oba Okunade Sijuwade

Live Update Of the Burial Of Oba Okunade Sijuwade

At the moment, Ile Ife often referred to as the ancestral home of the Yorubas can be best described as a tourist town. It has turned to a source of attraction to important dignitaries home and abroad who are trooping [...]

August 14, 2015 General, Video
Alien - Like Creature Captured In China

Alien – Like Creature Captured In China

What IS this scary looking beast which can chew through its steel cage? This is the chilling moment a mysterious hairless creature chews its way through a steel cage. The description for the unsettling video – uploaded to YouTube last [...]

August 14, 2015 General, Video

Nigerian, David Oyelowo is new James Bond

Actor David Oyelowo has been asked by the Ian Fleming estate to record the audio book for Trigger Mortis, a new officially commissioned Bond book written by Anthony Horowitz. Oyelowo’s previous roles include Henry VI for the Royal Shakespeare Company – which made him [...]

August 14, 2015 Video, What the papers say

Fayose once again, storms Ekiti market to buy soup ingredients

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has once again set the social media buzzing, over photos of him at Elegberun Market in Ikere Ekiti area of the state, buying soup ingredients. In a tweet via his handle @GovAyoFayose, Fayose said: “I [...]

August 14, 2015 What the papers say
Since independence Nigeria had lacked good leaders – Don

Since independence Nigeria had lacked good leaders – Don

Lagos – Professor of Philosophy, Moses Makinde, on Thursday urged the Federal Government to critically re-examine the activities of past administrations in Nigeria, to achieve positive changes and growth. Makinde, from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, made the observation at [...]

August 14, 2015 What the papers say
Deactivation of SIM cards, not total withdrawals NCC explains

Deactivation of SIM cards, not total withdrawals NCC explains

By Emeka AginamFollowing the deactivation of unregistered Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards by operators, the Nigerian telecommunications regulatory authority, the Nigerian Communications (NCC) yesterday said that only those subscribers who register their SIM cards properly would have them reactivated. This [...]

August 14, 2015 What the papers say
Boko Haram kill 10 in Cameroon raid

Boko Haram kill 10 in Cameroon raid

Boko Haram Islamists killed 10 people, including two soldiers, and torched several homes during a raid in northern Cameroon, security sources said Thursday. Wednesday’s attack in the town of Blame, near the Nigerian border, led to the deaths “of two [...]

August 14, 2015 What the papers say
FG considers card payment system to check electricity consumers’ exploitation

FG considers card payment system to check electricity consumers’ exploitation

By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, NorthConcerned about the plight of electricity consumers, the Federal Government is considering the deployment of a card payment system to eliminate the exploitation of Nigerians by electricity firms. Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo disclosed this [...]

August 14, 2015 What the papers say
Reps investigate ban on Nigeria’s agricultural produces by EU

Reps investigate ban on Nigeria’s agricultural produces by EU

By Emman Ovuakporie and Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – THE House of Representatives yesterday frowned at the ban on the exportation of some Nigeria’s agricultural produces for allegedly containing high level of unauthorised pesticides and lack of proper storage by the [...]

August 14, 2015 What the papers say
As Buhari plans his cabinet (2)

As Buhari plans his cabinet (2)

Obi NwakanmaWHERE Azikiwe preached political inclusion and strategic integration, his political opponents preached exclusion based on historic difference. The defeat of the Zikist vision of nation was the ultimate Nigerian tragedy; in its place have triumphed the Awoist and Sarduana [...]

August 14, 2015 What the papers say
Ministry to install cameras in prisons to check cases of jailbreaks

Ministry to install cameras in prisons to check cases of jailbreaks

Abuja – The Federal Ministry of Interior on Thursday said it would soon install surveillance cameras in prisons to check cases of jailbreaks in the country. The ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Abubakar Magaji, disclosed this while fielding questions from State [...]

August 14, 2015 What the papers say
Northern Leaders

Be Ready to Either Park Out or Jump Out of Aso Rock In 2015 – Northern Elders To President Jonathan.

The Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) has sounded a warning to President Goodluck Jonathan, telling him that he would have to contend with a unified north should he insist on seeking another term in 2015. [covertplayersinglevideo trvideoid=”lUHpE_gr1rM” trdisplaytype=”5″ trnumbervideosdisplay=”” trvideoperpage=”36″ trthumbnailwidth=”155″ [...]

August 14, 2015 Government and politics
Meet heaviest sportswoman

Meet heaviest sportswoman who will never lose her precious weight

Meet the heaviest sportswoman weighing in at 171kg  in the Guinness World Records 2013 and is not going to lose her precious weight, UK. [covertplayersinglevideo trvideoid=”TojYpZhQyxQ” trdisplaytype=”5″ trnumbervideosdisplay=”” trvideoperpage=”36″ trthumbnailwidth=”155″ trthumbnailheight=”100″ trpopupwidth=”500″ trpopupheight=”350″ trvideoalign=”left” trytautohide=”0″ trytautoplay=”1″ trytcontrols=”0″ trytrelvideo=”0″ trytshowlogo=”1″ trytshowtitle=”0″ tryttheme=”dark” trythighquality=”hd720″]Sharran Alexander [...]

August 13, 2015 General, Video
Easter - Police Beef Up Security Nationwide

Easter – Police Beef Up Security Nationwide

BY CHIKA OTUCHIKERE AND GEORGE AGBA [covertplayersinglevideo trvideoid=”dzZ-vj3t5yc” trdisplaytype=”5″ trnumbervideosdisplay=”” trvideoperpage=”36″ trthumbnailwidth=”155″ trthumbnailheight=”100″ trpopupwidth=”500″ trpopupheight=”350″ trvideoalign=”left” trytautohide=”0″ trytautoplay=”1″ trytcontrols=”0″ trytrelvideo=”0″ trytshowlogo=”1″ trytshowtitle=”0″ tryttheme=”dark” trythighquality=”hd720″]Easter – Ahead of the Easter celebration, the inspector-general of police, Mohammed Abubakar, has directed all zonal assistant [...]

August 13, 2015 Crime
Woman Marries Stranger She Met On Facebook

Woman Marries Stranger She Met On Facebook

A woman fall in love and married a stranger after she accidentally added him as a friend on Facebook. [covertplayersinglevideo trvideoid=”Md6npqFKyl4″ trdisplaytype=”5″ trnumbervideosdisplay=”” trvideoperpage=”36″ trthumbnailwidth=”155″ trthumbnailheight=”100″ trpopupwidth=”500″ trpopupheight=”350″ trvideoalign=”left” trytautohide=”0″ trytautoplay=”1″ trytcontrols=”0″ trytrelvideo=”0″ trytshowlogo=”1″ trytshowtitle=”0″ tryttheme=”dark” trythighquality=”hd720″]Patsy Sutton, 60, started [...]

August 13, 2015 entertainment
Cannibal granny killed 11 women and ate them

Cannibal granny killed 11 women and ate them

A maniac granny was imprisoned for beheading, dismembering and eating no less than 11 victims in St Petersburg, Russia. Tamara Samsonova was hunting for people and killing them for more than two decades as she was obsessed with Soviet murderer Andrei [...]

August 13, 2015 Crime, International
Boko Haram Threatens Borno Residents

Boko Haram Threatens Borno Residents

The deadly Boko Haram sect has left a letter at the scene of the explosion that killed over 50 people at a market in Sabon Gari, threatening Borno residents to join the group or die. Local vigilante said threat letters at the [...]

August 13, 2015 General, Video
Meet 26-yr-old Co-pilot Of The Crashed Bristow Helicopters

Meet 26-yr-old Co-pilot Of The Crashed Bristow Helicopter

A helicopter flying in from Port-Harcourt owned by Bristow Helicopters crashed into the Oworosoki end of the Lagos lagoon yesterday, 12 August, 2015 .     [covertplayersinglevideo trvideoid=”XCQaYtSFUtU” trdisplaytype=”5″ trnumbervideosdisplay=”” trvideoperpage=”36″ trthumbnailwidth=”155″ trthumbnailheight=”100″ trpopupwidth=”500″ trpopupheight=”350″ trvideoalign=”left” trytautohide=”0″ trytautoplay=”1″ trytcontrols=”0″ trytrelvideo=”0″ [...]

August 13, 2015 Incidents, Video

Bristow Helicopter pledges assistance to survivors, deceaseds’ families

The crashed helicopter being pulled out of the Lagos Lagoon…PHOTO|: vtolblog.com Bristow Helicopter Limited on Thursday promised to assist survivors and families of the dead victims of its ill-fated chopper that plunged into the lagoonon Wednesday in Lagos. Bristow Regional [...]

August 13, 2015 What the papers say

Briton asks court to quash $8.8m fraud charge against him

fraud charge – CourtA BRITISH chartered accountant, Deepak Khilnani, has asked a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja to quash the $ 8.8 million alleged fraud charge preferred against him by the state for lack of jurisdiction.       [...]

August 13, 2015 What the papers say